Mark Steyn has a post on the Obama/Wright mess and it’s importance, particularly with regards to the Rev. Wright’s claims that HIV/AIDS was deliberately created by the United States government “as a means of genocide against people of color.” Says Steyn:
Does he really believe this? If so, he’s crazy, and no sane person would sit through his gibberish, certainly not for 20 years.
Or is he just saying it? In which case, he’s profoundly wicked. If you understand that AIDs is spread by sexual promiscuity and drug use, you’ll know that it’s within your power to protect yourself from the disease. If you’re told that it’s just whitey’s latest cunning plot to stick it to you, well, hey, it’s out of your hands, nothing to do with you or your behavior.
Historian Victor Davis Hanson weighs in here, and Mark Goldblatt provides some defense of Obama and his speech.
Tags: AIDS, Conspiracy theory, HIV, Jeremiah Wright, Obama, Politics, Race
